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GUILLAUME POYET (1473–1548)

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GUILLAUME
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POYET (1473–1548)  ,
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French
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magistrate, was
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born at
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Angers . After practising successfully as a
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barrister at Angers and
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Paris, he was instructed by
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Louise of
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Savoy,
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mother of the
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king,
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Francis I., to uphold her rights against the
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constable de
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Bourbon in 1521 . This was the beginning of his fortunes . Through the
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influence of the
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queen-mother he obtained the posts of
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advocate-
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general (1530) and
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president of the
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parlement of Paris (1534), and became
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chancellor of
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France in 1538 . He was responsible for the legal reform contained in the
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ordinance of Villers-Cotterets (1539), the
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object of which was to shorten
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procedure . This ordered the keeping of registers of baptisms and deaths, and enjoined the exclusive use of the French
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language in legal procedure . With the
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con-
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stable de
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Montmorency he organized an intrigue to ruin
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Admiral
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Chabot, and procured his condemnation in 1541; but after the admiral was pardoned,
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Poyet was himself thrown into
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prison, deprived of his offices, and sentenced to a
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fine of
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ioo,000 livres . He recovered his
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liberty in 1545, and died in
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April 1548 . See C . Poree,
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Guillaume Poyet (Angers, 1898) .

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